Death For Sale

If anyone were to ask me why I'm NOT a professional writer it would because the last time I wrote I went to a very dark place in my head to write my first short story. To this day I still have the professionally written manuscript which is approximately 20, 000 words (or more). At this time I'd to share an excerpt.

Hello, my name is Gerald Morton and I sell death. For as long as I can remember or as long as I'd prefer wanting to personally recall since I've been a wee lad, I've been very much fascinated with what's involved with death itself. One of the reasons is because of my father, Albert who decided to go into this type of business. Ever since he nearly died while fighting in the Vietnam War, he thought this was a wise investment.

While I was growing up he told me that death isn't a bad thing but a very necessary need in life, albeit how ironic this may sound to to most people. Yet for some odd reason I believed him only because of the way he sold the idea to me. In this world consumers buy things for either a 'want' or 'need'. Selling to the consumer in type of business we also have the obligation to give them this choice.

Is death a 'need' or 'want'? The funny thing is that it can't be considered "both" to most people, just like any other product that's sold to the average consumer. Believe it or not, death is both a common need and a want, which is why it's such an easy product to sell. As a salesman I don't see it in either category but as a preference as if I were selling a car.

The only difference between 'death' and a 'car' is that it's a one-time commitment sale for one person for the rest their own life. A privileged commitment is an honor unto itself. The job that we do without question should be considered just that, a privileged commitment to the consumer. Most of the time death is sold at a reasonable price with a variety of different offers.

Looking at it in a small way, selling death can also be like selling real estate. However the main difference is that a piece of land is being sold with an honest face without any worries from the economy market whatsoever. These prices have been sold as a fixed price for long most people in the business can remember. Also no matter which way most people look at death, it's quite literally an investment of a lifetime.